IP Library Granted Patent US 9,091,846
Granted Patent B2
US 9,091,846 · App. 14/109,115 · Granted Jul 28, 2015

Display device comprising a light guiding unit having a plurality of optical fibers that differ in length depending on a plurality of irradiation surfaces

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Patent No.
US 9,091,846
App. No.
14/109,115
Granted
Jul 28, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel having a display surface, a light guiding unit disposed at a display surface side of the display panel, the light guiding unit having an incident part and an irradiation part, the incident part being parallel to the display surface and facing the display surface, the irradiation part being parallel to the display surface and configured to emit a light entered from the incident part, the irradiation part having a plurality of irradiation surfaces whose positions in a direction orthogonal to the incident part differ depending on a position on the display surface, and a mirror configured to reflect an image projected from the display panel through the light guiding unit.

Claims (18)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel having a display surface;

a light guiding unit disposed at a display surface side of the display panel, the light guiding unit having an incident part and an irradiation part,

the incident part being parallel to the display surface and facing the display surface,

the irradiation part being parallel to the display surface and configured to emit a light entered from the incident part, the irradiation part having a plurality of irradiation surfaces whose positions in a direction orthogonal to the incident part differ depending on a position on the display surface; and

a mirror configured to reflect an image projected from the display panel through the light guiding unit, wherein

the light guiding unit comprises a plurality of optical fibers, and

lengths of the optical fibers differ depending on the plurality of irradiation surfaces.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the irradiation part has a shape in which the plurality of irradiation surfaces are combined in a step-like manner.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein

distances of the plurality of irradiation surfaces from the display surface differ stepwisely in a vertical direction of the display panel.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

distances of the plurality of irradiation surfaces from the display surface increase stepwisely from lower side to upper side of the display panel.

5. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein

distances of the plurality of irradiation surfaces from the display surface differ stepwisely in a direction orthogonal to a vertical direction of an image displayed by the display panel.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display surface, the incident part, and each of the irradiation surfaces are planes.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2014
From: UEHARA, TOSHINORI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 031876/0826 →